Lisowczycy
by the Polish painter Juliusz Fortunat Kossak (1824-1899). The
Lisowczycy were a irregular unit of
Polish–Lithuanian light cavalry
in the 17th-century . The Lisowczycy took part in many battles across
Europe and the historical accounts of the period characterized them
as extremely agile, warlike, and bloodthirsty. Their numbers varied
with time, from a few hundreds to several thousands. The fought first
in Polish wars and later as mercenaries in the Thirty Years War.
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